During World War 2 Japan had some of the most revolutionary technology during that time of crisis. Their Submarines were also designed with revolutionary technology inside there subs. On the coast the Hawaiian islands of Oahu there has been a discovered sunken Japanese world war submarine that was discovered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Undersea Research Lab at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
The Sub was said to have aircraft-carrying submarines that held up to three folding-wing float plane bombers that could be launched by catapult just minutes after surfacing. It was also said that the submarine was longer than a football field at 400 feet. The name of the class that the submarine that was part of was called I-400 or the Japanese name “Sen-Toku”. The I-400 was one of the largest class of submarines ever built until the invention of the nuclear-powered submarines in the 1950s. I just hope I won’t ever be apart of an attack from these submarines.
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What more do you think people can do to submarine to make it more high teck?
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That is an impressive submarine! I think it is kind of interesting that they never made an attempt to retrieve their submarine considering it had so high tech for its time. I read this recent article about an Australian hospital ship that was sunk by a Japanese torpedo. The sinking ship claimed 268 lives when it was hit by the torpedo, despite being clearly marked as a hospital ship. It was found off of Moreton Island, near Brisbane, Australia at depths over 2,000 feet. Researchers plan to film the remains with a submersible vehicle. Do you think the researchers will try to excavate either of these sunken ships or would it be too harmful for the creatures that have created a home there?
Here is the site for the article mentioned above.
http://www.fijilive.com/news/2009/12/23/22535.Fijilive